Monday, 15 December 2014

Easy Steps to Stop Snoring

The following tips are easy steps to stop snoring!

You may be in a group 45% of adults snore at least occasionally, or may know someone who snores. People who snore can be a joke when gathering with family, but snoring is a serious problem.

For certain couples, one of which snoring often make the other party do not get a good night's sleep, which ultimately can lead to sleep in a different room. "Snoring can cause real problems in the marriage," said Daniel P. Slaughter, MD, an otolaryngologist and snoring expert in Capital otolaryngologist, Austin, Texas.

 
Easy Steps to Stop Snoring
 
Snoring is not only annoying, but 75% of people who snore have obstructive sleep apnea (when breathing is interrupted during sleep for short), which increases the risk of heart disease, said Slaughter.

If you want to take medicine spray or pills that are sold freely in the market to overcome snoring, then you should be careful and should consult with your doctor, said Sudhansu Chokroverty, MD, FRCP, FACP, Director of Clinical Neurophysiology program and Sleep Medicine at JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ. "Many of these drugs are marketed without scientific research that supports the claims of the drug," said Chokroverty, who is also a professor of neuroscience at Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences.

To help you stop snoring, you should try natural remedies and lifestyle changes following:
 
Changing Your Sleep Position

Sleep on your back makes the base of the tongue and soft palate down to the back wall of your throat, causing the sound to vibrate during sleep. Sleeping on your side can help prevent this.

"Full body Pillows (pillows to support the entire body length) can fix it," Slaughter said. "The use of this pillow allows you awake sleeping sideways position and deliver significant results."

Laying a tennis ball into the back of your back can also stop sleeping on your back, says Chokroverty. "Or you can lie down to sleep with the head in the open position so that the nasal airway can help prevent snoring. However this can cause neck pain. "If you continue to snore in any sleeping position, snoring may be caused by obstructive sleep apnea. "Immediately see a doctor for the case," said Chokroverty.
 
Lose Weight

Weight loss can help some people. "Thin people can snore as well," said Slaughter.

If your weight go up and began to snore, whereas previously not snore, then losing weight can help. "If you gain weight around your neck, it can shrink the diameter of the throat, thus increasing the likelihood of the tongue falls during sleep, causing snoring," said Slaughter.
 
Avoid Alcohol

Alcohol and sedatives reduce resting the muscles in the back of your throat, so that the greater your chances of snoring. "Drinking alcohol 4-5 hours before bed makes snoring is getting worse," said Chokroverty. "People who usually do not snore snore after drinking alcohol."
 
Practice Good Sleep Hygiene

Not good sleep habits (which is also known as the Poor Sleep Hyegiene) can provide the same effect by drinking alcohol, said Slaughter. For example, work long hours without adequate sleep, which means when finally sleep, you are more tired. "You sleep soundly and in, and the muscles become weak, which causes snoring," said Slaughter.
 
Open Nose Channels

If snoring occurs in your nose, can be helped by keeping the nasal passages remain open, allowing air to move with a slow, said Slaughter. "Imagine a narrow water hose through which water, which is getting narrower the interval, the more rapidly moving water."

Your nose punay same principle. If your nose is blocked or narrowed due to colds or other blockage, fast moving air is more likely to cause snoring.

Hot bath before you go to bed can help open nasal passages, said Slaughter. Prepare a bottle of salt water in the shower. "Rinse your nose with salt water while you're showering to help open the channel," said Slaughter.

Neti pots can also be used to rinse the nasal passages with a saline solution.

Nasal strips can also be used to open the nasal passages if the problem is with the nose and not the soft palate.
 
Changing Your Pillow

Allergens in the bedroom and a pillow you can contribute to the cause of your snoring. When was the last time you clean the fan in the ceiling or replace your pillow?

Dust mites accumulate on the pillow and can cause allergic reactions, which may cause snoring. Pets are sleeping in bed can also cause you to inhale fur, one of the other common irritants.

"If you feel fine during the day but disturbed at night, then it can contribute to the cause of your snoring," said Slaughter.

Clean your pillow every couple of weeks and replace them every six months to keep dust mites and allergens to a minimum, and keep pets do not get into the bedroom.

You need to be careful before buy special pillows designed to prevent snoring, said Chokroverty. "Pillow may work by improving nasal problems, but it can cause neck pain."
 
Stay well hydrated.

Drink plenty of fluids. "The secretions in the nose and soft palate becomes sticky when you are dehydrated," said Slaughter. "This can lead to snoring." According to the Institute of Medicine, healthy women should drink about 11 glasses of water a day (of all drinks and food), and men need about 16 cups.

"Overall, the easy steps to overcome snoring like: get enough sleep, sleep sideways, avoiding alcohol before bed and a hot shower if clogged nasal passages, can yield significant results in reducing snoring," Slaughter said.

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